While Google failed to comply with the order regarding the media and requested clarification instead, Oracle published its list of individuals and organizations that it had paid, naming blogger Florian Mueller and Stanford professor Paul Goldstein...
The patent portion of the trial represented a far less important phase than the copyright matter, according to Florian Mueller, an intellectual property expert and activist who has closely followed the case.
Florian Mueller, an intellectual property activist and expert, noted that the jury seemed to be deadlocked over the definiition of "fair use" and Google's claim that its platform fell under such protections.
Florian Mueller, an intellectual property law blogger who has been following the case, said that the instructions from Judge William Alsup and the language used in the document had been hotly debated by both sides in the case.
Intellectual property expert, Florian Mueller told V3 that these disputes will continue for a long time, "The ones who can actually sit back and relax are those who have concluded license deals with Microsoft (or other patent holders) and don't...
However, intellectual property analyst Florian Mueller argued that Schmidt's comments "totally ignore the basics of patent law", namely that Microsoft was first to the game with its patents. Microsoft shouldn’t make money on Android devices, Google...
Florian Mueller suggests that there are likely "hundreds of thousands" of Android apps that are likely to somehow rely on the infringed patent claims. A Texas jury recently ruled that Google infringed on an information storage and retrieval patent.
